The Maker Movement and Graduate Employability

By Ashley Sanders - EvoLLLution. 1. What is the “maker movement”?
The maker movement emphasizes craftsmanship, science, technology; all these things coming together to explore questions and solve meaningful, real-world problems. It also involves, at its foundation, an educational practice. It’s really based on the work of Seymour Papert who proposed that kids should learn about digital environments through doing and something called “deep learning,” which really involves understanding the theoretical principles and actually doing the ‘making.’ More...